Matthew 23:37

New Century Version

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone to death those who are sent to you. Many times I wanted to gather your people as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you did not let me.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“But they were disobedient and turned against you and ignored your teachings. Your prophets warned them to come back to you, but they killed those prophets and spoke against you.

Psalm 17:8

Protect me as you would protect your own eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 36:7

God, your love is so precious! You protect people in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, God; be merciful to me because I come to you for protection. Let me hide under the shadow of your wings until the trouble has passed.

Psalm 63:7

You are my help. Because of your protection, I sing.

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you can hide. His truth will be your shield and protection.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Although I expected good grapes to grow, why were there only bad ones?

Isaiah 50:2

I came home and found no one there; I called, but no one answered. Do you think I am not able to save you? Do I not have the power to save you? Look, I need only to shout and the sea becomes dry. I change rivers into a desert, and their fish rot because there is no water; they die of thirst.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished your people, but it did not help. They didn’t come back when they were punished. With your swords you killed your prophets like a hungry lion.

Jeremiah 26:23

and they brought Uriah back from Egypt. Then they took him to King Jehoiakim, who had Uriah killed with a sword. His body was thrown into the burial place where poor people are buried.)

Jeremiah 32:31

“From the day Jerusalem was built until now, this city has made me angry, so angry that I must remove it from my sight.

Jeremiah 35:15

I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, “Each of you must stop doing evil. You must change and be good. Do not follow other gods to serve them. If you obey me, you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not listened to me or paid attention to my message.

Jeremiah 36:26

Instead, the king ordered Jerahmeel son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, clean the evil from your hearts so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Jeremiah 44:4

I sent all my servants, the prophets, to you again and again. By them I said to you, ‘Don’t do this terrible thing that I hate.’

Jeremiah 6:8

Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn my back on you and make your land an empty desert where no one can live.”

Hosea 11:2

But when I called the people of Israel, they went away from me. They offered sacrifices to the Baals and burned incense to the idols.

Hosea 11:7

My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. The prophets call them to turn to me, but none of them honors me at all.

Hosea 7:13

How terrible for them because they left me! They will be destroyed, because they turned against me. I want to save them, but they have spoken lies against me.

Zechariah 1:4

Don’t be like your ancestors. In the past the prophets said to them: This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Stop your evil ways and evil actions.’ But they wouldn’t listen or pay attention to me, says the Lord.

Matthew 22:3

The king invited some people to the feast. When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people, but they refused to come.

Matthew 22:6

Some of the other people grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

Matthew 23:30

You say, ‘If we had lived during the time of our ancestors, we would not have helped them kill the prophets.’

Matthew 23:31

But you give proof that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, because you have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did the same evil things to the prophets who lived before you.

Luke 15:28

The older son was angry and would not go in to the feast. So his father went out and begged him to come in.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and forced us to leave that country. They do not please God and are against all people.

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people and with the blood of those who were killed because of their faith in Jesus. When I saw the woman, I was very amazed.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for all you have done. May your wages be paid in full by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for shelter.”